Re: Cannot use recovery disc.

You probably need to set the system to boot to the CD.

How to boot from a CD: http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000217.htm

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"mrscurlymc" <mrscurlymc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:35F0801E-77B6-4671-A5CD-05FFC19C40FA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks for the reply but unfortunately it's not that as we haven't got a
floppy disc drive.

"ju.c" wrote:

If you get the "non-system disc" error message then a floppy disc still in the floppy drive.

Remove the floppy disk and reboot.


ju.c


"mrscurlymc" <mrscurlymc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:51F73DE3-1229-4B6D-A398-7A4FD3404C8A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hope someone can help me as I'm completely stuck. I have a hp pavillion
> desktop computer with windows xp. The other day I started my computer > up as
> usual and was faced with the message that system32 files was either > missing
> or corrupt, press r at first screen or insert orginal cd. So i got to > system
> recovery and pressed r for recovery. Unfortunately this didn't work > and was
> faced with the corrupt or missing message again. Somehow during moving > house
> I had lost the recovery cd which i had made so I bought a new one
> specifically for my computer by going through the hp website. Put th > cd in
> the drive and asked the computer to boot from the cd but got the > message
> non-system disc or disc error. I wrote to HP who told me to dowload the
> program killdisk and completely format my hard drive and then re-insert > the
> recovery cd. So i have tried all of this and I am still getting the > message
> non-system disc or disc error. I now have no idea what to do. Does > anyone
> have any idea of what i can try.
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
> Thanking you in advance.
>

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